Quarter adjuster and stretcher for low shoes



June 4, 1929. P. J. HOGAN QUARTER ADJUSTER AND STRETCHER FOR LOW SHOES Fileii Nov. -22, 192:5

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PATRICK J. HOGAN, F CLAEEMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE,

QUARTER ADJUSTER AND STRETCHEB FOR LOW' SHOES.

Application filed November 22, 1928. Serial No. 321,102.

This invention relates to a quarter adjuster and stretcher for low shoes.

In the manufacture of low shoes, after the operation of pulling over the upper has been completed, it sometimes happens that the 7 upper edge of the quarter upon one side of the last is found to be lower than the upper edge of the quarter upon the other side of the last, whereas they should both bet-he same height. The usual remedy for defects of this character is to remove the upper from the last, rip out the stitching and remove the original quarter and replace the same with a new quarter. This hinders the laster, slows up production, and the shoe when'completed is rendered slightly defective owing to the necessity of restitching the upper.

The object of this invention is to provide a device which may be mounted upon the last holding the upper and utilized to first lift the incorrectly positioned quarter to its proper position and to then hold the quarter in position during the subsequent lasting operation, at the completion of which the upper will be correctly positioned upon the last.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be utilized to stretch the quarter portion of the upper of a completed shoe if, upon inspection, the upper edge of a quarter upon one side of the shoe is found to be lower than the edge of the quarter upon the other side of the shoe.

The invention consists in a device for adjustingand stretching the quarter portion of the uppers for low shoes as set forth in the following specification and particularly as pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings 2- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a last having the upper of a shoe mounted thereon, a device embodying my invention being illustrated mounted upon the last and clamped to the quarter portion of the upper.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section as taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows on said line, the view being enlarged somewhat from the scale illustrated in Fig. 1. i j I Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the bifurcated so positioning member for the device.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, A represents alast and B is an upper for a low shoe, said upper being mounted upon the last in the position itassumes at the completion of the pu'llingover operation. Located within a recess a in the last A is a spindle 5 in'turn provided with a recess 6 for the reception of a suitable spin-- die. The spindle 5 has a bearing 6 provided therein in which a rod 8 is slidably mounted and secured by a thumb screw 9. 'At one end of the rods-8 a bifurcated positioning member 10 is provided, said member having furcations 1.1 formed thereon for thepurpose of straddling the front of the shoe and engaging the opposite sides thereof, thereby preventing the spindle from rotating in the recess a, and holding the rod 8 correctly positioned above the last.

Pivotally mounted upon the rod Sis a bearing member 12 for a slide 13. The bearing member 12 has aslot 14 formed therein, and a pin 15 projects from the side of the slide 13 into the slot 14 and prevents the slide from rotating in the bearing member but permits a reciprocating movement of-the slide in the bearing member.

Located at the bottom of the slide 13 are gripping jaws 16 and 17, the jaw 16 having a screw-threaded shank 18 formed integral therewith which has screw-threadedengage ment with the slide 1.3. The gripping, jaw 17 is pivoted. to the jaw 16 at 19 and is moved toward the jaw 16 to clamp the quarter portion Z) of the shoe upper B therebetween by a thumb screw 20 which extends through an opening 21 provided in the jaw 5 and has screw-threaded engagement with the jaw 16. A spring 22 acts to force the jaw 17 away from the jaw 16 when permitted by movement of the adjusting screw 20.

The slide '13 has a'screw threaded portion 23 extending upwardly from its upper end and a thumb nut-24is mounted upon said screw-threaded portion and is also seated at 25 at the upper extremity of the bearing member 12. By rotating the thumb nut 24' in one direction the slide 13, carrying the gripping jaws i6 and 17, is meted upwardly in the bearing member 12, but upon rotating the thumb nut in the opposite direction the slide 13 will dropby gravity.

The general operation of the device hereinbefore specifically described is as follows :If' upon the inspection of a shoe up per at the completion of the pullingovcr operation it is found that the upper edge of the quarter portion Z) upon one side oi? the upper B is lower than the upper edge of the quarter portion upon the other side of the shoe upper, the device of this invention is mounted upon the last A approximately as illustrated in Fig. 1. The rod 8 is then adjusted in the spindle 5 until the turcations 11 of the positioning member 10 contact with the opposite sides of the front portion of the shoe, after which the rod 8 is secured to the spindle 5 by means of the set screw 9. The quarter portion 7) that needs to be lifted is then inserted between the gripping jaws 16- and 17 and clamped therebetween by means of the thumb screw 20. The thumb tion.

If during the final inspection of the shoe it is found that the quarter portion of the upper upon one side of a shoe is lower than the uarter portion upon the other side of the shoe, if the difference is not too great, the difficu-lty may be remedied by inserting a last in the completed shoe, attaching the device of this invention to the last and shoe quarter as previously described, and then gradually subjecting the detective quarter to a stretching operation by rotating the thumb nut 24: in the proper direction.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described. comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, means to position said rod above the last, andmeans upon said rod to grip the quarter portion of the upper and stretch the same upon the last.

2. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bifurcated member fast to said rod and engaging the upper to positionsaid rod above the last, and means upon said rod to grip the upper and position'the same upon the last.

2?). A device of the characterdescribed comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod slidably mounted in said spindle, means upon said rod to prevent the spindle from rotating in the last, and means also upon the rod to grip the upper and position the same upon the last.

4. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member upon said rod, and means adjustably mounted upon said bearing member to grip the upper and position the same upon the last. 7

5. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member pivotally mounted upon said rod, and means adjustably mounted upon said bearing member to grip theupper and position the same upon the last.

6. A device of the character describedcomprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member piv0tally and slidably mounted upon said rod, and means upon said rod .to grip the upper and position the same upon the last.

7 A device of the character described com prising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member pivotally mountedupon said rod, a pair of gripping jaws slidably mounted upon said bearing member and adapted to grip said upper, and means to move said gripping jaws to position the upper upon the last. i

8. A device of the oharacterdescribed comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member pivotally mounted uponsaid rod, a slide mounted in said bearing member, a pair of gripping jaws adjustably mounted .upon said slide and adapted to grip said upper, and means to move said slide to position the upper upon the last. I

9. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a last adapted to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mounted upon said spindle, a bearing member pivotally and slidably mounted upon said rod, a slide mounted in said bearing member, a, pair of gripping jaws adjustably mounted upon said slide and adapted to grip the quarter portion of the upper, and means to move said slide to position the upper upon the last.

10. A device of the character described comprising, in combination, a last adapted gripping jaws adjustably mounted upon said to have a shoe upper positioned thereon, a slide and adapted to grip the upper, and spindle mounted upon said last, a rod mountmeans to move said slide to position theup- 10 ed upon said spindle, means to position said per upon the last.

5 rod above the last, a bearing member pivotal- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ly and slidably mounted upon said rod, a slide my hand. mounted in said bearing member, a pair of PATRICK J. HOGAN. 

